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I have been with Dr. Zak for about 8 months. My dental plan changed this year. So I took the opportunity to search for a high quality, full service, dental facility, providing all my dental needs at a single location. Dr. Zak's Simi Valley office fulfilled all of my requirements. In addition, the staff is very friendly and sensitive to my needs. They have an excellent website, which allows control of appointments. It also allows direct communication with the office for inquiries. My neighbor, a longtime patient, recommended Dr. Zak, I have recommended Dr. Zak to my family and friends, and received positive feedback.
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We present the best pics from a sun-drenched Emirates Stadium, as Arsenal did Chelsea a massive favour by beating Man Utd. Aaron Ramsey scored the winner – a neat finish it was too, after a pull-back inside the box from skipper Robin van Persie – to cap his comeback from a broken leg, and Fergie, redder of face than usual, spent a lot of time glaring at his watch…
Chelsea are now just three points behind United. There is life in the title race yet. Of course, the two sides meet next Sunday afternoon at Old Trafford in what will inevitably be billed as a title decider.
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Of course there have been knockers. Cries have already been made that when you run the numbers the 'free' iPhone 3GS is actually a rip off. Again they miss the point. Initial outlay is crucial to the mass market and long term support is vital to business. With RIM dropping like a stone, Windows Phone unproven and Android so fragmented that long term firmware support from model to model is about as reliable as an alcoholic barman, the iPhone 3GS is a veritable rock of stability.
Let's make sure we am not misunderstood as Apple has been. We're not saying come October 2012 the iPhone 3GS will have sold in greater numbers than the iPhone 4S. It won't. Not a chance. The iPhone 3GS will certainly gain traction, but what it is telling the 95 per cent is: 'yes the iPhone 4S is expensive, but you can invest in it because the 3GS shows we support our products. You can rely on our long term commitment to your handset.' In the meantime Tim Cook's company starts the long, slow climb towards mainstream mass sales.
The irony in all this is Apple probably doesn't want to do this. The company can't hope to maintain its famously high profit margins and sell to the 95 per cent. The problem is it has no choice. Cook himself said so: "We believe that over time all phones become smartphones." As such the only solution is to adopt the iPod business model and address different price points to cover the market. Unlike an iPod shuffle or nano the iPhone 3GS, 4 and 4S may not look radically different, but they create a similar tiered approach and with Cook proclaiming one billion App Store downloads "per day" the hope is customers are tied into the range as their budgets increase.
It is a clever master plan, but not one without risk. Apple is seen as both an aspirational brand and a design leader. By dropping entry level prices, holding onto old models and rehashing the electronics inside existing designs it may well undermine each of these perceptions. After all the response to the iPhone 4S has already been largely underwhelming. This despite the fact that almost every aspect of the iPhone 4S – processor, camera, video, software, antenna, battery, capacity and Siri – is what was hoped for in an iPhone 5. Simply housing it in an iPhone 4 chassis is a deal breaker for many which shows Apple is reaping the superficialities it has sown.
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On January 19, 1563, the Heidelberg Catechism was published in German under the title, "Catechismus, or Christian Instruction, as Conducted in the Churches and Schools of the Electoral Palatinate.
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Seventeen-year-old Tonisha Owens stared wide-eyed at the faded script on an 1854 letter. It was once carried by another 17-year-old — a slave named Frances. The letter was written by a plantation owner's wife to a slave dealer, saying that she needed to sell her chambermaid to pay for horses. But Frances didn't know how to read or write, and didn't know what she carried.
"She does not know she is to be sold. I couldn't tell her," the letter reads. "I own all her family and the leave taking would be so distressing that I could not."
That letter is among hundreds of documents, artifacts and artworks that make up the Kinsey Collection, which covers 400 years of African-American triumphs and tragedies. Bernard Kinsey and his wife, Shirley, began acquiring pieces more than 35 years ago and have said that Frances' letter speaks to the reality and greed of slavery.
Owens, a junior at Reginald F. Lewis High School, says it sent her a powerful message about the things African-Americans can do, sometimes under extreme duress.
"We accomplish so many things," Owens marveled. "They went through slavery and still accomplished. So we can't say, 'I'm tired, I don't feel like doing this.' That's not an excuse."
Owens was among a group of students touring an exhibition of the collection at Baltimore's Reginald F. Lewis Museum. The collection has made its way around the country, including a stint at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. A small portion of it is currently on display at the Epcot Center at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.
Skipp Sanders, executive director at the Lewis Museum, says he has a particular interest in students seeing the exhibition. He also thinks it is important for people, especially African-Americans, to understand that the legacy of what black people have done is part of the fabric of American history.
"We've all, I think, even currently, gotten a sort of distorted picture of what American history is and how this contribution has to be woven in and through it," Sanders says.
He says he gets emotional viewing the original documents on display here, including the 1857 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case. There's also a final page, complete with the different-colored signatures of the Supreme Court justices, from the decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. But one of his favorite pieces is a letter written in 1942 by Zora Neale Hurston in which she decisively rejects an unwanted suitor.
"If you will be decent enough to die," Hurston writes, "I will buy me a red dress, send myself some flowers of congratulation and come to your funeral."
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, along with their son Khalil, have chosen to share their collection because they say it spotlights not black pain, but the strength and resilience of African-Americans. Bernard Kinsey says he wants to end what he calls the "myth of absence," where the accomplishments of African-Americans aren't acknowledged.
"What we're saying," he told a group of journalists and admirers in Orlando, "is we want to put African-Americans in the dialogue, put us in the stories, 'cause if you get used to not seeing us, you start thinking that's OK, when it really isn't OK."
The Kinsey family is also very focused on what the collection means to young people who aren't learning about this history in school. Alexander Bullock, 17, says the exhibition changed his mind about a lot of things.
"It shows more of the people you don't hear about, or you don't really read about, or that the teachers don't talk about," Bullock says. "Everybody talks about Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. .... But you don't really hear about the people they don't talk about, who didn't really get their names out there."
Bullock's classmate Dominic Gilliam, 16, was both stunned and inspired by the things he learned.
"When you just look at all these things, we have just as much power as anybody else," Gilliam said.
The Kinsey Collection is on display at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum in Baltimore through March 2014.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.
And I'm Audie Cornish. More than 35 years ago, philanthropist Bernard Kinsey acquired an 1832 bill of sale for a slave named William Johnson. Since then, Kinsey and his wife Shirley have made it their lives' work to help tell the full story of African Americans. Over the decades, they've gathered artwork and documents and as NPR's Allison Keyes reports, the Kinsey collection now spans 400 years of history. It's on display in Baltimore at the Reginald F. Lewis museum.
DOMINIC GILLIAM: See, it looks like (unintelligible) like Africa, but not necessarily like Africa.
ALLISON KEYES, BYLINE: Sixteen-year-old Dominic Gilliam was among a group of high school students clustered around an abstract painting by African-American painter and scholar Norman Lewis.
GILLIAM: It might just be lost souls.
KEYES: The piece features earth-toned faceless figures fading into a deepening sea of color.
GILLIAM: There's a lot of things I can interpret from that.
KEYES: Seventeen-year-old Alexander Bullock contemplated Lewis' painting called "Hence We Come," and some of the other items in the exhibition. There's a 1942 letter written by historian, author Zora Neale Hurston in which she uses her razor sharp pen and quick wit to reject a suitor. She writes, quote, "if you will be decent enough to die, I will buy me a red dress, send myself some flowers of congratulation and come to your funeral."
Dulcet Kenneth Johnston(ph) led the students through the works collected by Bernard and Shirley Kinsey and the rapt looks on the faces of the Reginald F. Lewis high school students as they walked through are exactly why the philanthropist chose to share a collection of documents and artifacts that spotlight not black pain, but the strength and resilience of African-Americans.
Junior Tonisha Owens was stopped in her tracks by an 1854 letter carried by another 17-year-old, a slave named Francis. Owen struggled to read the faded script.
TONISHA OWENS: She is the finest chamber...
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Chambermaid.
OWENS: Chambermaid has ever seen in my life.
KEYES: The letter was from a plantation owner's wife to a slave dealer saying she needed to sell her chambermaid, Francis, to pay for horses. Owens says the exhibition sent her a powerful message about the things African-Americans have been able to do, sometimes under extreme duress.
OWENS: We accomplished so many things. Like, they went through slavery and still accomplished things so we can't say, oh, I'm tired so I don't feel like doing this. So that's not an excuse.
SKIP SANDERS: I have a particular interest in school students seeing it.
KEYES: Skip Sanders is executive director of the Lewis Museum and says it is important for people, especially African-Americans, to understand that the legacy of what happened to black people is part of the fabric of American history.
SANDERS: We've all, I think, even currently, gotten a sort of distorted picture of what American history is and how this contribution has to be woven in and through it.
KEYES: Sanders has favorites of this exhibition.
SANDERS: I find that I actually get emotional when I stare at this particular case.
KEYES: Part of the thrill, he says, is that original historical documents are on display.
SANDERS: The Dred Scott decision and next to it, an early copy of the Emancipation Proclamation going back to 1862 so you go from here, you look at the Brown versus the Board of Ed final page where the decision is made, that separate but equal isn't and the signatures of the justices and their various colors of ink.
BERNARD KINSEY: Jim Wakefield, I love this brother.
KEYES: But no one discusses this collection with more enthusiasm and depth than Bernard Kinsey himself.
KINSEY: You didn't think it was (unintelligible) either, did you? Jimmy Winkfield won the 1901 and 1902 Kentucky Derby. He was so good, he won 2,600 races...
KEYES: Kinsey was speaking to a room full of journalists and admirers at a convention in Orlando where a small portion of the family's collection is on display at the Epcot Center.
KINSEY: What we're saying is we want to put African-Americans in the dialogue. Put us in the stories. You follow me? Because if you get used to not seeing us, you kind of make sure that that's OK when it really isn't OK.
KEYES: Bernard Kinsey built a fortune through savings, investments and a lucrative corporate career and he's used it to amass more than 400 pieces that speak to the courage of African-Americans. The family is also very focused on what this collection means to young people who aren't learning about this history in schools.
Back at the Lewis Museum, Junior Dominic Gilliam was stunned and inspired by the things he learned.
GILLIAM: When you just look at all these things, we have just as much power as anybody else, I guess.
KEYES: The Kinsey collection is on display at the Lewis Museum through March 2014. Allison Keyes, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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In the midst of rumors that Dean McDermott's affair with Emily Goodhand was faked for TV, Tori Spelling is opening up about her very real cheating scandal with Dean in 2005.
Is Dean Threatening to Divorce Tori?
According to Gossip Cop, Tori and a friend are discussing Dean's two-day tryst, when the pal reminds Tori that she "made the same mistake" with Dean.
Spelling admits, "We were both married. We both cheated," adding that they "fell in love" on the set of the TV movie "Mind Over Murder."
Tori was married to actor Charlie Shanian at the time, while Dean was wed to Mary Jo Eustace.
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St. Bonaventure University has signed an agreement with the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology to host five scientific conferences during the summer of 2018.
Founded in 1912, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) was originally created by three independent scientific organizations to provide a forum in which to hold educational meetings, develop publications, and disseminate biological research results. What started as a small group of dedicated scientists has grown to be the nation's largest coalition of biomedical researchers, representing 31 scientific societies and more than 130,000 researchers from around the world.
FASEB conducts 70 scientific conferences that convene every two to three years around the world.
"St. Bonaventure is pleased to have been selected as a host location for five of these events. Our team has worked tirelessly to close this deal," said Caitlin Webster, director of the Office of Events and Conferences at the university.
During the months of June, July and August in 2018, St. Bonaventure will be hosting the following conferences: The Molecular Biophysics of Membranes, Retinal Neurobiology and Visual Processing, Dynamic DNA Structures in Biology, Protein Folding in the Cell, and The Lung Epithelium in Health and Disease.
FASEB Science Research Conferences promote dialogue among investigators in the biomedical field. As host location, St. Bonaventure will welcome to the campus prominent scientists, faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students working in areas experiencing rapid scientific advances. Conference presenters include those conducting cutting-edge research in their field of study. Conference attendance averages between 100 and 150 participants per session with an estimated 650 guests to stay on campus during these five conferences.
The Office of Events and Conferences at St. Bonaventure will assist conference guests with accommodations, meals and program activities utilizing campus assets. Additional recreational, shopping and dining opportunities will also be arranged throughout the region so that conference guests may take advantage of local tourist activities and attractions during their stay.
St. Bonaventure Event Sales and Marketing Manager Jennifer Pulver is enthusiastic about the economics of this partnership.
"Not only will the economic impact of bringing 650 conference attendees benefit the university, but it will also resonate within the tourism industry of the county. That's a win for everyone," Pulver said.
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Kate Goes Dancing in Traditional Polynesian Grass Skirt
After a quiet night in the Solomon Islands, she and William crank it up a notch in Tuvalu
The Duchess of Cambridge has been trying on local fashions during her time in Asia. And she looked smashing Tuesday in the most traditional clothing imaginable – a colorful Polynesian-style grass skirt – on a visit to the island of Tuvalu.
She and her husband, Prince William, said "talofa" ("hello") to the tiny and remote South Pacific nation, where they were given a royal welcome – transported in a leaf-topped shoulder-high carriage by more than 25 men in pandanus leaf skirts.
In the evening, they joined local chiefs for an exuberant celebration of food and dancing, with Kate getting to her feet time after time – William a little less often – to join the performers in swaying her hips and arms in time to the music.
They also took part in a custom whereby dignitaries spray perfume or scent on dancers as a mark of respect and gratitude. The couple brought a bottle of Paul Smith London for Men, which they used shower the performers.
The high-energy evening was a marked contrast from Monday night, when William and Kate enjoyed some alone time during a relaxing overnight stay on Tavanipupu, one of the Solomon Islands.
A little rain – actually, heavy tropical showers – didn't dampen their spirits in Tavanipupu, as they went snorkeling, sipped piña coladas and enjoyed a romantic dinner under a bamboo canopy on a private jetty at an island resort.
"I was astounded at how down to earth and lovely they were," said Pamela Kimberly, the resort's co-owner. "They just seemed to love it. They were happy and relaxed."
The Tuvalu visit came on the last full day of the royal couple's tour of southeast Asia, which has happened to coincide with the furor over the publication of photos of Kate sunbathing topless.


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Software Product Assurance
Observing the earth, launching rockets, understanding deep space, communicating, broadcasting information, allowing life in space, retrieving space science data, commanding satellites; all this requests the collaboration of thousands people with very accurate and specific skills in tens of domains - each domain having its specific constraints, both technical and programmatic. Since Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957, technologies, processing, and knowledge of space have evolved in an exponential way leaving room for more and more potential for errors and failures.
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How many software engineers does it take to change a light bulb? Just one. But the house falls down. -- Andrew Siwko (Software engineer proverb)
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Independent experts in ESA'se Software Product Assurance branch are involved in developments through each and every programme stage. They aimto ensure that their programme is not jeopardised by unwise decisions when it comes to deviating from state of the art processes defined for space by the European Cooperaton for Space Standardisation. They also seek to make sure that all necessary analyses have been performed to ensure that the satellite mission will not fail due to an unexpected error either within the system itself or due to human operation, that data will always be available for processing on ground, that systems are correctly connected and perform in an adequate way.
How many Quality Assurance testers does it take to change a light bulb? QA testers don't change anything. They just report that it's dark. -- Kerry Zallar (Software engineer proverb)
In other words, Software Product Assurance assesses the organisation and performance of activities for software processes and enforces their improvement when deemed necessary to allow the correct evaluation of software products.
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Recall the Ariane 5 first launch in May 1996: After a successful series of Ariane 4 launches, the Ariane 501 maiden flight ended in the Atlantic. A software product from Ariane 4 that was considered reliable and therefore suitable for reuse had not gone through all the verification and qualification process that are normally applied.
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She didn't realize it was foreshadowing.
At 7:11 on the evening of July 11 (7/11), Langford gave birth to J'amie Brown.
Her birth weight? Seven pounds and 11 ounces.
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Brown just happened to have been born on 7-Eleven Day, the day the convenience store chain celebrates by giving out slurpees. Langford, who also has a 6-year-old son, plans to tell the chain about J'amie's timely birth.
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There is much in the Republican National Committees autopsy that has merit. It is about time that the Republicans prioritized winning a larger share of non-white voters. One good thing about the 2012 election is that it killed off the illusion that Republicans can keep winning by just reassembling the 1980s Reagan demographic coalition. Unfortunately, the RNC report introduces another illusion to Republican politics. The problem starts on page six where the report summarizes the publics negative feelings toward the Republican party.
Asked to describe Republicans, they said that the party is scary, narrow minded, and out of touch and that we were a party of stuffy old men. This is consistent with the findings of other post-election surveys.
Scary? Narrow minded? Out of touch? Does anyone notice what is missing? Oh, yeah, too pro-rich. A post-election poll found that 60 percent of Americans found the Republicans to be too pro-rich. That tracks with the 53 percent in the 2012 exit poll who responded that Mitt Romneys policies would generally favor the wealthy. The Republicans cannot succeed as the party of the middle and aspiring working-classes if only 34 percent of voters think Republican policies will favor the middle class. The authors of the RNC report are right to highlight the perception of the Republicans as the party of white identity politics, but they ignore the problem of the Republican economic agenda.
This produces some comical results. The report forswears making policy recommendations, but makes an exception for comprehensive immigration reform. The report states we must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform. If we do not, our partys appeal will continue to shrink to its core constituencies only. This emphasis on amnesty as the key to winning votes outside of the core Republican constituency is an error. The error is perfectly distilled where the document favorably quotes a participant in the RNCs discussion with Hispanic groups:
The key problem is that the Republican partys message offends too many people unnecessarily. We win the economic message, which is the most important to voters, but we then lose them when we discuss other issues.
This is nonsense. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 26 percent of Hispanics opposed Obamacare while 48 percent supported it. Incidentally, Romney received 27 percent of the Hispanic vote in November. Basically, only that small minority of Hispanics who opposed Obamacare voted for Romney. If the Republicans are not winning the debate on Obamacare, then they are not winning the economic message. Comprehensive immigration reform cant fix that.
What is most damning is that Republican problems among Hispanics are almost perfectly mirrored by their problems among Asian Americans. Republicans got 26 percent of the vote among Asian Americans. That is bad enough, but it is only when you look at Asian-American polling numbers regarding Obamacare that the depth of the Republican problem becomes clear.
The Asian-American and Latino populations are substantially different. Asian Americans have a higher median income than either Hispanics or whites. Seventy percent of Asian Americans are covered by either employer-provided or individual health insurance, compared to 43 percent of Hispanics (and 75 percent of whites.) Health insurance coverage for Asian Americans very closely resembles coverage for whites. The result? Asian Americans support Obamacare by wider margins than Hispanics .
This is what losing the economic message looks like. You could make some sort of bank shot argument that Asian Americans are hostile to Republicans because Republicans dont seem willing to support comprehensive immigration reform and so only listen to Democrats in protest. The problem is that (according to the same survey) immigration policy is a very low priority among Asian Americans. The Republicans arent losing among non-whites because of opposition to comprehensive immigration reform. They are losing because they are losing the policy argument. You would never know that from reading the RNC report.
The Republican National Committee is in a cul-de-sac. They see that support for the Republican party is becoming isolated to constituencies that are in relative demographic decline. What the RNC does not see (or chooses not to see) is that the partys weakness is largely the result of the perception of the party as a vehicle for the self-interest of the wealthy. The result is that the only substantive policy recommendation to expand the party is coincidentally one that is also favored by employer interests. Ramesh Ponnuru was right when he described the RNC report as the Republican elites version of reform. To put it another way, the RNC thinks Romneys problem was his rhetoric on amnesty in the primaries and not his tax plan that sharply cut taxes on high earners while offering few if any direct benefits to the middle-class.
Republicans need an alternative to the elite Republican vision that acts as if outreach means amnesty plus updating the partys technical apparatus plus nothing in particular. Republicans need affirmative policies that can win broad popular support. There is a sense in which the authors of the RNC report are right. The Republican policy message is only resonating with people who have been socialized into the center-right narrative of the 1970s and 1980s. If you havent been raised to fear socialized medicine, the Republican message on Obamacare is falling flat. At least the Democrats are trying to do something about the uninsured, rising health care premiums, and those with pre-existing conditions.
I happen to think Obamacares policies are wrong, but for a growing fraction of the population, a something (even a government-run health care something) beats nothing. If you havent been socialized into the narrative that the Reagan tax cuts saved the economy, then Romneys across-the-board income tax cut just looked like a cut primarily directed at high earners who were already making out okay from the economy and whose marginal tax rates were already low by the standards of recent history. The Republicans look indifferent to everyday concerns.
Republicans should respond to their defeat with a more populist economic agenda. The Republicans have already had the Tea Party movement. This was an authentic center-right populism, but its agenda was primarily oppositional. Membership in the Tea Party was centered around people who already consumed right-leaning media. There is nothing wrong with that. People who consume right-leaning media will be at the core of any successful right-leaning movement. They just cant be the only component of that movement and that movement needs a positive policy agenda.
A broad Republican populism must include direct benefits for middle- and working-class families. If Republicans want to be the party of work and family, then they need a tax policy that increases the returns to work for parents who are trying to raise their children . A broad Republican populism must include reasonable answers to peoples anxieties about health insurance. Republicans need affirmative policies that can plausibly promise to slow the growth of health care premiums . Republicans need policies that will offer people a chance to maintain health insurance if the only work they can find doesnt offer benefits . A Republican populism would offer policies to help those with pre-existing conditions that are less costly than Obamas and do less to disrupt the health insurance of everyone else.
A populist Republican economic agenda would not just be designed to win over non-whites. As Henry Olsen pointed out, the Romney campaign struggled with some populations of blue-collar whites because those whites thought Republicans didnt believe in the dignity of their labor and that the Republican deal was give more power to management and maybe well keep your factory open. Facing such an economically elitist Republican party, many coal county working-class whites stayed home even though they felt that Obama was hostile to the industry that employed them.
A populist Republican economic policy would be able to unite those working-class whites with a growing share of working- and middle-class non-whites and the existing Republican base. But a condition of forming this broad Republican coalition is recognizing that the existing Republican economic message is broken, and that it cannot be fixed by the amnesty favored by the Republican establishment (though I would favor a limited amnesty), much less by the kind of enormous high-earner tax cut favored by libertarians like Rand Paul with his flat tax proposal.
This is what winning the economic argument looks like. If you want to win over people who have no personal or family connection to the Republican party or organized center-right politics, you need policies that will directly benefit them economically. It isnt enough to trot out amnesty and explain how everyones life will get so much better once we cut marginal tax rates on the job creators who built that.
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What I've Been Up To: H4xing and PwningWednesday, December 9th, 2015
I occasionally touched on security topics in this blog. The last two posts were about the Sophos Blackhat 2013 puzzle and Greedy Git. I guess one thing I didn't post about, which had massive knock-on effects was my involvement in the excellent Cyber Security Challenge UK, which I entered on a whim in 2011, played for 2 years (getting to the Masterclass Final in both) and had loads of incredibly fun and useful experiences with other enthusiasts and security professionals. One of the prizes from the competition was the Certified Application Security Tester (CAST) course from 7Safe, which was great and helped me loads with making my web application development more security focussed. Ultimately though, I found that breaking other people's web sites is way more fun than the painstaking process of building your own and I decided to pack in being a web developer and become a pentester, getting my CREST Registered Tester qualification in my own time (so that someone would take me seriously) and then getting a job at Nettitude. About 9 months later I upgraded my CREST qualification to the web-centred "CREST Certified Tester (Applications)" (CCT).
Most of what I do day to day I can't talk about in detail, but here's some stuff I've blogged for Nettitude to give you a general idea:
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- CVE-2015-2314: Custom Content Type Manager Plugin Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2015-5227: Zeropress and Remote Code Execution in WordPress Landing Pages
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WINONA, Minn. (AP) — Police arrested 35 people for trespassing Monday during a protest of frack sand mining in Winona.
Officers arrested 19 people at the city's commercial dock after protesters were asked multiple times to leave the private property. Police then responded to a sand processing plant on Winona's west end, where another 16 people were arrested, the Winona Daily News reported. Winona Catholic Workers organized the protest. Protesters say their goal was to halt business operations at each site.
"I think people see that the issue of silica sand is something affecting the entire region," protester Molly Greening said. "They've come to stand in solidarity with this issue."
Dan Nisbit, owner of CD Corp., which leases the commercial dock, says the protest created a distraction for workers and temporarily slowed operations at the facility.
"Obstructing business isn't the right way to go about things," Nisbit said.
Frack sand is used by oil and gas drilling companies. Opponents of frack sand mining have raised environmental concerns.
Monday's protest was part of an annual celebration of the regional Catholic Worker community. Volunteers from Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan and other states in the Midwest traveled to Winona to participate.
"As Catholic Workers living with the poor and marginalize, we come to this land to prevent the desecration of this land and the health of this community," they wrote in a statement Sunday evening. "We declare Monday to be a moratorium of business as usual at the sites of production of silica sand to eliminate a necessary component of fracking."
Catholic Workers and others in the Winona area have protested the industry for more than a year. They have blocked a rail loading terminal, demonstrated at the steps of the Winona City Hall prior to a city council meeting on frack sand regulations, and held other rallies.
During one rally at city hall in May 2012, a protester was cited for littering after he threw a handful of frack sand on the front steps.
Information from: Winona Daily News
Article Source: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2013/04/29/regional/frac-sand-protests
Note: Dan Nisbit stated that "Obstructing business isn't the right way to go about things," yet he continues to ruin the environment and the safety of animals and humans including his own workers?! Hypocrite!!
Let Dan Nisbit know what you think of him and his environmentally destructive and human Silicosis and cancer-causing business:
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knowing Bill, his sense of humor would do something like that
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Stop and enjoy downtown Minster! Grab a book at the F.J. Stallo Library and enjoy the new outdoor reading room.
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The facility is now fully operational. Demolition of the old facility is currently underway.
There are plenty of reasons why Minster is such an attractive community. The Village offers the ease of small town living, modern schools and nearby medical facilities with the conveniences of big city life.
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There are lots of preschool Halloween activities that are fun and not so scary. Here are just a few Halloween activities that your little one will enjoy. Kids Activities Blog is bursting with great Halloween fun.
Preschool Halloween Activities
I stumbled upon this great book, "It's Pumpkin Time" by Zoe Hall. It is a beautifully illustrated book that teaches children about seeds, planting, growing, and enjoying pumpkins. It's the perfect book for little ones to get introduced to these concepts in a fun and playful way.
The inside cover of the book is just a green background with lots of pumpkin seeds scattered around. We had some pumpkin seeds from making our jack-o-lantern so I let Rachel play a matching game by placing her real seeds on the seed pictures.
Halloween Activities
Pumpkins are orange. I wanted Rachel to see how red and yellow blend to make orange so I set out some cups of water and red and yellow food coloring. She squirt a few drops of yellow into one cup of water and a few drops of red in another cup of water. Then she poured the two colored waters together in an empty cup to make orange. This is a super easy way for young children to experience color mixing.
Once we had orange water, I let her practice her pouring skills by pouring the orange water into an ice tray I bought at the dollar store that makes pumpkin shaped ice cubes. We can't wait to plop a few of our orange pumpkin ice cubes in our next glass of water!
Halloween Math Activities
I drew a simple template of a pumpkin then used that to make some orange and white pumpkin shaped pages for a Pumpkin Book. I made pages for 1-5 pumpkin seeds then let Rachel count and glue the corresponding number of seeds on to each page. There were also a few pages for art work and an outline of her hand.
I stapled the cover of her book on and she smiled from ear to ear as she hugged her pumpkin book close to her chest.
Halloween Games
I'm getting my money's worth out of my dollar store pumpkin ice tray! Here's another fun use for it.
On a tray I assembled a bowl of green pom-poms to serve as the stems for the pumpkins, a plastic tong, and the pumpkin ice cube tray. Rachel had fun using the tongs to pick up one pom-pom and place it in the pumpkin. She sorted them by color in different rows several times.
When she tired of that, I showed her how she could make patterns of light and dark green pom-poms. She nearly snatched the tongs from my hands to give that a try herself.
What a fun activity this turned out to be. These types of projects are great for improving hand-eye coordination, as well as strengthening the muscles in the hand and the pincher grip which is used so much in writing.
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There are so many fun preschool Halloween activities for your little one to enjoy. Pumpkins make for a great theme for Halloween activities that aren't scary or gross. For more Halloween kids activities, take a look at these:
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We've lined up and tried (Seriously, it was exhausting) the best Latin cocktail recipes to get creative with this holiday season. Whether you're a novice bartender or a master mixologist, these cocktails will surely please and definitely impress at any festive party! Check out all 27 and pick your favorites to make for your guests (Or try them all - just don't hold us accountable.).
1. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Spicy Posada
Spicy Posada
This drink was created exclusively by mixologist Luis Villegas for Latina and we could not wait to share it with you (Just look at it!). It pairs excellently with Mexico-Style Mole Tamales.
1 1/2 oz Tequila Don Julio Reposado
1/2 oz Sangrita
3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz Agave Nectar
3 Slices Fresh Jalapeños
Slice of Fresh Jalapeño for Garnish
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Ideal Glass: Collins
2. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Big Apple Cider
Big Apple Cider
Nothing reminds us more of the holidays than cider. Not in the mood to make your own cocktail? You can head to NYC hotspot, Hudson Lodge, to try this delicious holiday drink.
4 oz apple cider
1 oz Plymouth Sloe Gin
1/2 cup white sugar
5 allspice berries
5 cloves
1 stick cinnamon.
Prepare Apple: Cut top off apple and take out core. Combine all ingredients into a pot over medium heat. When sugar has dissolved, strain. Pour ingredients into hollowed apple. Garnish with sprig of mint.
3. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Ginger Snap
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2 oz. Ginger Ale
.5 oz. Gin
Mix ingedients, add gingerbread Cookie Rim, and garnish with Cinnamon Stick.
4. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Salt Wife
Salt Wife
This great cocktail comes from Kahlua's brilliant mixologists! If you're looking for a minty drink for the holidays, this is the one to choose. You'll love the hint of orange featured here mixed with tequila to kick up the sabor.
1.5 parts Olmeca Altos Reposado Tequila
.75 part Cynar
.5 part Kahlua
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Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and stir. Strain over fresh ice into a rocks glass and garnish with an orange zest and a mint sprig.
5. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Black Grape Margaritas
Black Grape Margaritas
If you're not using Grapes From California for your margaritas, you don't know what you've been missing! Try this more nutrient-enriched verision of the classic beachside beverage, because who ever said margaritas were just for summer?
1 cup California black table grapes
2 shots (3 ounces) tequila
2 shots (3 ounces) sweet and sour mix
2 cups ice
Lime slices for garnish
Place all ingredients into the bowl of a good blender and puree until blended and slushy, about 2 minutes. Serve in margarita glasses and garnish with a lime slice.
6. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Cinnamon Sipper
Cinnamon Sipper
This drink is for all the cinnamon lovers out there. Make sure to serve this on the rocks to get the best taste of Zacapa Rum. Gaze at your beautiful tree, sip and enjoy.
1.5 ounces Zacapa Rum 23
.75 ounce Fresh Lime Juice
.5 ounce Cinnamon Bark
Sugar, to rim glass
Rim martini glass with sugar. Combine Zacapa Rum 23, fresh lime juice and cinnamon bark into a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously. Strain contents into rimmed glass.
Ideal Serving Glass: Martini glass
7. Holiday Latin Cocktails - SVEDKA Banana Snowman
SVEDKA's Banana Snowman
This drink captures the classic taste of SVEDKA Vodka, mixed with a creamy banana blend and delicious caramel. It's like a dessert that gets better with each sip.
1 part SVEDKA Vodka
1/2 part banana liqueur
1 part heavy cream
1/4 part Black Velvet Toasted Caramel
Muddled banana chunks
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker over ice, shake and fine strain into a martini glass. Garnish with grated nutmeg and a skewer of banana chunks and salted caramel pieces.
8. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Winter Star Nog
Winter Star Nog
Everyone will go crazy when they see one of these! This a a Latin twist on tradtiional eggnog using crisp SKYY Vodka to give it that smooth taste.
2 oz. SKYY Vodka
4 oz. Abuelita Hot Chocolate (prepared and cooled)
1/2 oz. Espresso
1/4 oz. Agave Syrup
1 Sage Leaf
1 Red Jalapeno
1 Green Jalapeno
White Chocolate for Garnish
Score the red and green jalapeno peppers. Muddle all ingredients together in a shaker and shake vigorously. Double strain into a white chocolate rimmed rocks glass. Garnish with red and green chilies.
9. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Spicy Sage Margarita
Spicy Sage Margarita
Avión's blend of spicy Elderflower liquer takes this marg to the next level. This drink is sure to be a hit at your next party.
2 oz. Avión Silver
3/4 oz. Jalapeño-Infused Elderflower Liqueur
1/2 oz. Orange Juice
1/4 oz. Lemon Juice
1/2 oz. Lime Juice
3/4 oz. Simple Syrup
3 Sage Leaves
1 Sage Leaf and Salt for garnish
Directions: Cut and place jalapeno pepper (without seeds) into Elderflower Liquer bottle overnight & let marinate. When preparing the cocktail, muddle sage in a shaker. Add all ingredients. Shake. Double strain. Pour over ice in salt-rimmed glass. Garnish with sage leaf.
10. Holiday Latin Cocktails - North Star
The North Star
Highlighting its intense and fruity character, Hennesey V.S. has come up with an instant classic for this holiday season!
2.5 oz Hennessy V.S
.25 oz maple syrup
1 dash Fee Brothers black walnut bitters
1 dash angostura bitters
Garnish: 1 star anise
Glass: Rocks
Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and stir with ice until chilled. Strain into an old fashioned glass without ice and garnish with a star anise.
11. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Ponche Crema
Ponche Crema
Kick old holiday traditions and start a new one with this Caribbean twist on egg nog! This recipe comes to us from the Hyatt Regency Aruba.
1 tsp. fresh nutmeg
1 ½ cups plus 2 tbs white Bacardi Rum
3 eggs and 3 egg yolks
1 tin condensed milk (about 1 ½ cups)
1 small tin evaporated milk (about 2/3 cup)
1 tsp. vanilla
Grate fresh nutmeg into 2 tbs. white Bacardi Rum and set aside. Beat eggs and yolks until light and frothy. Add condensed milk, an equal amount of Bacardi rum (about 1 ½ cups) and evaporated milk and whisk until combined. Strain rum and nutmeg mixture into egg and milk mixture to ensure nutmeg grains do not find their way into finished product. Add vanilla.
Pour mixture into the top of a double boiler and cook over gently boiling water, stirring constantly, until the liquid thickens (about 15 minutes). Set aside to cool. Funnel into a decorative bottle and refrigerate indefinitely.
12. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Elevated Margarita
Elevated Margarita
This recipe is perfect for someone who is short on time! It's a tasty, traditional recipe using Avión that you can whip up quickly before your guests arrive.
2 parts Avión Silver or Reposado
1 part Fresh Lime Juice
1/2 part Agave Nectar
Combine ingredients in shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Fine strain over fresh ice. Garnish with a lime wheel.
13. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Coquito
It's not the holidays without a little coquito! This Puerto Rican recipe comes from La Concha Resort in San Juan. They've captured all the flavors of the island in just one recipe.
2 egg yolks, beaten
2 15-ounce cans cream of coconut
1 15-ounce can of evaporated milk
2 14-ounce cans condensed milk
1/2 cup of rum
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon coconut (or vanilla) extract
Mix all ingredients in a blender. Refrigerate for about an hour before serving. Serve cold.
14. Holiday Latin Cocktails - EFFEN® Salted Caramel Holiday Pie
Salted Caramel Holiday Pie
Salted caramel? Pie? We're in! EFFEN®Vodka is a beautifully smooth vodka that makes this drink - created by NYC mixologist Niccole Trzaska - truly stand out.
1 1/2 parts EFFEN® Salted Caramel Vodka
3/4 part Pumpkin and Apple Puree (Half Pumpkin Pie Filling and Half Apple Sauce)
1/4 part Cinnamon Simple Syrup
1/4 Fresh Lemon Juice
1/4 Egg White
Garnish: Cinnamon Stick
Garnish: Ground Cinnamon
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker over ice. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and cinnamon over the frothy top.
Optional: Use a round edge to create an apple shape over the froth.
15. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Yuletide Spruce
Yuletide Spruce
This cocktail is a blend of Christmas smells! If you or your friends are on a gluten-free diet, Vikingfjord Vodka, which is part of this recipe, is the spirit for you!
2 oz Dill Infused Vikingfjord Vodka
.75 oz Lillet Blanc
3 Dashes Elixir de Chartreuse
Stir and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Dill Infusion:
10 g of fresh dill per 700ml Vodka. Leave overnight at room temperature. Strain and refrigerate.
16. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Rosé Sparkler
Rosé Sparkler
Courvoisier Rosé is a smooth cognac blend with red wine grapes and this easy-to-whip-up New Year's Eve cocktail will be an amazing compliment to any delicious appetizers you're serving.
1 part Courvoisier® Rosé
1 part Prosecco
Lemon twist garnish
Combine Courvoisier Rosé and Prosecco in champagne flute. Garnish with lemon twist and serve.
17. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Strongbow Spice
Strongbow Spice
This cocktail will surely warm your soul if you're craving something hearty this holiday season. It's made with Strongbow Cider - a beautiful blend of bittersweet cider and apples.
4 oz. Strongbow Hard Cider
1.5 oz. Cinnamon Whiskey
1 oz. Pomegranate Juice
1 tsp. Pomegranate Seeds
Directions: Build in a tall glass filled with ice. Stir and garnish.
18. Holiday Latin Cocktails - EFFEN® Cucumber-Cranberry Yuletide
Cucumber-Cranberry Yuletide
Cucumer and cranberry, an unlikely pair, come together flawlessly to make this drink thanks to NYC Mixologist Niccole Trzaska.
1 1/4 parts EFFEN® Cucumber Vodka
1/4 part Fresh Lime and Simple Syrup (Half Lime and Half SImple Syrup, Combined)
1 part Ginger Beer
1/4 part White Cranberry Juice
Garnish: Red Cranberries
Garnish: Slice of Cucumber
Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker over ice and stir. Garnish with red cranberries and a slice of cucumber.
19. Holiday Latin Cocktails - The Balvenie Christmas Cake Martini
The Balvenie Christmas Cake Martini
Are you a fan of fruitcake, but don't feel like baking it? The Balvenie has whipped up a cocktail that features all the classic Christmas cake flavors.
2 ounces The Balvenie DoubleWood, Aged 12 Years
1 bar spoon cherry heering
2 bar spoons orgeat
1 bar spoon fresh lime juice
Orange peel, for garnish Cinnamon sugar, for garnish
Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass filled with ice and stir well. Strain the drink into a chilled, stemmed cocktail glass. Garnish with an orange peel and a pinch of cinnamon sugar.
20. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Diablo's Fire
El Diablo's Fire
Hennessy V.S. is back with a hot one! This is definitely one of the more creative ways to get into the holiday spirit and your guests will love it.
1.5 oz Hennessy V.S.
.75 oz Crème de cassis
.5 oz fresh lime juice
½ tsp of Chipotle powder
Pinch of salt
Splash ginger beer or ginger ale
Garnish: Blackberry
Directions: Combine all ingredients except the ginger beer in a shaker tin with ice. Shake until chilled and serve over ice; add splash of ginger beer and garnish with a blackberry.
21. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Coco Walker
Coco Walker
This delicious recipe featuring Johnnie Walker Black Label was created by award winning mixologist Ryan Chetiyawardana, who has been named UK bartender of the year twice!
11/2 oz Johnnie Walker Black Label
1 sliced strawberry
2 dashes orange bitters
4 cups coconut water
3 oz simple syrup
Soda Siphon
Co2 Cartridge
Combine coconut water and simple syrup in a soda siphon and charge twice. Build Johnnie Walker Black Label, strawberries and orange bitters over cubed ice in a high ball glass. Top with coconut soda and stir briefly, allowing the layers in the Scotch whisky to unfold over time, showing off the complexity of the blend.
22. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Frosty The Blue Mojito
Frosty the Blue Mojito
Mama Walker's is bringing breakfast flavors to the cocktail hour with this yummy concoction!
2 parts Mama Walkers Blueberry Pancake
6-8 blueberries
10 mint leaves
1 part simple syrup
1/2 cut of lime cut into wedges
Muddle mint, blueberries, lime, and simple syrup in a shaker. Add Mama Walker's Blueberry Pancake with ice and shake. Strain into a highball glass with fresh ice. Top with club soda, garnish with blueberries on skewer.
23. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Fortune Teller
Fortune Teller
This fantastic cocktail was developed by world-class bartender Jessica Gonzalez from The NoMad. It doesn't take a fortune teller to see this cocktail is delicioso.
ó oz Cynar
2 oz Santa Teresa "1796" Solera Aged Rum
ó oz Bonal
Build in a mixing glass with ice and stir. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass with a large cube of ice.
24. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Midnight Kiss Apple Punch
Midnight Kiss Apple Punch
Have you tried one of Spakling ICE's tasty flavors yet? With zero-calories, this makes the perfect guilt-free punch for all your holiday parties!
3 bottles of Crisp Apple Sparkling ICE
1 bottle dry white wine
1 cup apple brandy
2 apples, sliced
1 orange, sliced
1 pear, sliced
In a large pitcher combine sliced fruit with brandy and wine. Let this sit in the refrigerator for approximately 3 hours. Right before serving, top with Crisp Apple Sparkling ICE. Stir gently to combine the ingredients.
25. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Guatemalan Spice
Guatemalan Spice
This drink was created by the fabulous Venezuelan Mixologist Leo Robitscheck. He uses seasonal spirits to develop an appreciation for well-crafted cocktails. If you're looking for someone who knows their stuff, he's mixing excellence at both Eleven Madison Park and The NoMad.
3/4 ounces Baileys Original Irish Cream
1 1/8 ounces Zacapa Rum
1 3/4 ounces Cold Brew Coffee
1/16 ounce Cinnamon Syrup
Pinch of Freshly Ground Cinnamon
Add Baileys Original Irish Cream, Zacapa Rum, cinnamon syrup and cold brew coffee to a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously with ice. Pour contents into highball glass and garnish with cinnamon.
Ideal Glass: High Ball
26. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Cinn-Ful Cocktail
Cinn-Ful Cocktail from Asellina
If you're throwing a luxurious party this holiday season, CÎROC® is all you'll need in your freezer! This recipe from NYC restaurant Asellina is a smooth blend of coconut, cream, and pineapple with just a hint of cinnamon to make your tastebuds water.
2 oz Ciroc Coconut
1 oz Heavy Cream
¾ oz Fresh Pineapple Juice
½ oz Simple Syrup
1 teaspoon of Cinnamon Powder
Shak & serve over fresh ice in a rocks glass with sprinkled cinnamon on top.
27. Holiday Latin Cocktails - GM Raspberry Peach 75
GM Raspberry Peach 75
This delicious recipe was created by mixologist George Carney, whose specialities are classic and contemporary cocktails.
1 oz Grand Marnier Raspberry Peach
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz simple syrup
Moet & Chandon Champagne
Lemon twist
Combine all ingredients except the Champagne in a shaker and shake. Pour into a flute and top with Champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.
28. Holiday Latin Cocktails - Mountain Dove
Mountain Dove
This recipe brings us a taste of Mexico to our shores with Montelobos, the spirit of Mezcal.
1 1/2 oz Montelobos
3/4 oz Lillet Rose
3/4 oz Strawberry Simple Syrup
1 1/2 oz Fresh Pink Grapefruit Juice
1 1/2 oz Soda Water
Combine ingredients (except soda water) and shake well. Strain over fresh ice in a tall glass prepared with a half salt rim. Garnish with a lime wheel.


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Is it really worth it?
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05 January, 2012
Handwork Update January
19 comments:
- Lynda Halliger Otvos (Lynda M O) said...
I'm liking it a bit despite my usual preference for solids...
- January 5, 2012 at 8:22 AM
- Amy said...
Well, I like it! I'm seriously thinking on some handwork projects as well (though likely won't get a start until February). Love seeing the progress on yours!
- January 5, 2012 at 8:27 AM
- Unknown said...
It's pretty fab!
- January 5, 2012 at 9:01 AM
- Lisa said...
It's great! Just keep letting it grow!
I have a hexie project I bring along for days away from my machine. I'm thinking I need to segment it now, it's getting kinda big.
- January 5, 2012 at 9:25 AM
- Jodi said...
Hmmm. My hubbie usually hates what I make, too. He is very conservative, whereas I am on the wild side - ha! I love your diamonds!
- January 5, 2012 at 10:06 AM
- Tanya said...
I love the diamonds! You could even make this a zig-zag quilt if you flipped the diamond template. Scrappy and beautiful! And, the kid is pretty cute, too.
- January 5, 2012 at 10:21 AM
- beth said...
Matching seams are overrated. Your project looks wonderful and portable makes it EVEN BETTER.
- January 5, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- CitricSugar said...
Meh, seams. It has more personality as it is.
And if you really want to have fun, tell hubs you're going to turn it into a jacket or dress for his next work-related get-together. :-)
- January 5, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- Sel said...
I like the colours - but then I'm a magpie for colours! :)
Also, Evil Genius looks adorable. Evil, but adorable. :)
- January 5, 2012 at 2:23 PM
- Living in the Bay said...
I have a bunch of string blocks that would go so well with your diamonds....what to do? what to do? Inspiration hasn't hit me yet. Your little one just makes me smile!
- January 5, 2012 at 3:42 PM
- Live a Colorful Life said...
that last sentence made me laugh out loud for some reason.
- January 5, 2012 at 4:54 PM
love anything scrappy.
- January 5, 2012 at 11:50 PM
Such a good idea to do something by hand! It's gorgeous, so ignore unhelpful partners. He'll love it eventually. I would just love to pull out something like that in the many work meetings I attend with colleagues rabitting on and pretending to be Important. It would make a great statement -- and I would end up with a nice quilt. Thanks for the inspiration! JJ
- January 6, 2012 at 4:25 AM
- Josie McRazie said...
I think that several of these with bold white in between would be beautiful!! I love it and you are doing a great job!! I love the scrappyness of it!!
- January 6, 2012 at 6:30 AM
- Suzanne said...
It's a gem!
- January 6, 2012 at 6:33 AM
I like the scrappy look.
- January 6, 2012 at 12:52 PM
- Victoria said...
I think it's super-duper, and I applaud you for what you have accomplished. From time to time I think about taking on something similar, (although I haven't yet!) and I agree... imperfect seams to the winds... who cares? You are creating a treasure. xo
- January 7, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- car54 said...
Diamonds make up into beautiful stars...I've done several star quilts just like you are doing--by hand, then join the big pieced diamonds into a big star, plug in triangles and squares between the points, and poof--big lone star quilt.
I've made 2 that way. Right now I am doing a never-ending hexagon as my handwork project--it has about 300 different green fabrics and about 2000 hexagons and it is still growing....it's addictive but very soothing to do a little every day. I don't have a husband to have an opinion...it makes me happy to do hand work so that's all that matters.
- January 7, 2012 at 3:05 PM
- francoise_hardy said...
I'd back it with silk or wool and make a scarf/wrap as it is now. Gorgeous as a lining!
- January 11, 2012 at 8:28 AM


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Airing a Mother's Plea for Help
After a Columbia teen went missing last week, we had the mother live on-air talking to the community. We later received criticism that this was unnecessary. In this week's Your View, we took a look at whether allowing a worried mother on the air helps the search or is just a grab for ratings.
When a child is missing, a parent's first instinct is to shout it to the rooftops so everyone can use any free time they have to help with the search. But what happens when viewers don't react the way the parent is hoping?
Last week, a Columbia teen went missing. The mother of this teen contacted KOMU and asked if she could be interviewed on air to give details about her son and the search. After the live interview, a viewer wrote to say she saw the story as nothing but sensationalism.
"There was no good or useful information shared. No real call to action. Just a mom pleading with us to have the community come together to find her son."
So the question remains: is a mother asking a community for help considered sensational?
KOMU8's New Media Director Jen Reeves says, "We're going to do everything we can, and if that gives us the opportunity to go live on television and take the time to speak to him and help our audience understand why we need to find him, I'm going to take the time to do that."
News Director Stacey Woelfel says, "I guess I wondered a little bit about the value of what she would contribute, I worried about frankly exactly what the viewer write in about. But I thought on the other hand it would be an emotional look at what this mother was going through and it may be worth people seeing."
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3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Every Saturday afternoon from 3.30 – 4.30 pm, the country's oldest church, St. Martin's Cathedral, also known as the Dom Church is transformed into a concert hall with advanced singers and professional musicians performing the top literature from church music. It's free of charge! You could also climb the Dom tower or take a guided tour from Monday to Saturday between 12.15 and 1 pm.
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